Green Roof Expert with 30 years of experience in working on green roofs.

Jörg Breuning works as one of the two owners ofGreen Roof Service LLC – the first company in the United States specializing in professional green roof services. With his business partner Peter M. Philippi they have over 60 years combined green roof experience which is by far unmatched in the United States.

Jorg designed, specified, installed, supervised and monitored more extensive green roofs installations in Europe/Germany than there are currently in the entire USA (2009).

Jorg’s green roof career started in September 1980. In 1983 he announced one of his most important professional achievements. As one the first people in world he achieved his green roof professional accreditation offered by Optima, Dachbegrünungen the world’s leading supplier and manufacture at this time. Optima Dachbegrünungen developed the world first green roof professional education and accreditation system with tremendous success for an entire industry. Their accredited green roof professional education is now essential part of the 3 year landscaping apprenticeship or so called and dual education system for professional in Germany.

Optima Dachbegrünungen and today Optigrün AG continued to educated professional with the latest developments in modern green roof technology. Jörg was studying the technology and with his National certification and technician degree he was also teaching and presenting important aspects of green roofs. He developed many ideas which helped to progress an entire industry and he was part of leading green roof research (i.e. stormwater retentions simulation systems).

Jorg Breuning consulted the nation’s first green roof research program at Penn State University in State College.

While having a strong focus on modern green roof technology Jorg’s views, knowledge and expertise is also rooted in many other environmental technologies especially when related to live plants and organisms like, Green Walls, Green Rail Road Tracks, nature swimming pools, advanced composting techniques, solar, wind and alternative energy, recycling opportunities and systems. Most of these German and European based techniques, systems and technologies are decades ahead of most American “green” ideas.

Jorg Breuning certainly understands his world leader ship and being the first green roof experts in the United States of America. He is proud to be mentor and supporter for most of the early key players in the American green roof market including the North American Green Roof Association (GRHC).